Sneak Peeks: IDW Publishing July 16, 2014

The Fellowship has obtained sneak peeks for comics from IDW Publishing that will come out this week...

The X-Files: Year Zero #1 (of 5)

Karl Kesel (w)

Vic Malhotra, Greg Scott (a)

Carlos Valenzuela (c)

When a blue-collar worker from New Jersey passes
prophetic messages to the FBI from a mysterious “Mr. Zero,” Mulder is convinced
it is the same otherworldly entity that contacted the FBI through a suburban
housewife in the 1940s. This similarly named “Mr. Xero” pointed the FBI toward
many unusual cases, leading to the establishment of “the X-Files”!

Borderlands: The Fall of Fyrestone #1

Mikey Neumann (w)

Agustin Padilla (a & c)

The epic story of Borderlands continues in part one of
the new series, where fans find out what happens after Roland, Mordecai,
Lilith, and Brick step out of Marcus's bus. As soon as they arrive in the
once-prosperous town of Fyrestone, they realize that Pandora is a far more
dangerous planet than they first imagined. The Vault Hunters will go up against
a ruthless bandit known as "Nine Toes," but will they be able to
overcome him?

Doberman #1

Jack Lambert, Scott Marder and Rob Rosell (w)

Brandon McKinney (a)

Bernard Chang (c)

Frank Doberman was the greatest detective of his era with
the fastest car, biggest gun, and longest… um…
arrest record. But after a drug
bust went horribly wrong, Doberman disappeared, seeking solace in Mother
Nature. Now lured back to the Force by
the promise of vengeance, and an ice-cold six-pack, Doberman has to deal with a
new age of computers, regulations, and an uber-villain whom the world seems to
believe has changed his ways.

Judge Dredd #21

Duane Swierczynski (w)

Shane Pierce (a)

David Stoupakis (c)

“To Live and Die in Deadworld”—Judge Anderson is presumed
dead, her body hopelessly transformed into the most mysterious of the new Dark
Judges—JUDGE BLANK. But don’t count Anderson out yet. Her consciousness is
loose in the vast, cold expanse of Deadworld, and she’s desperately trying to
find her way back to Mega-City One. But where she ends up just might be the
most frightening place of all…

The Last Fall #1 (of 5)

Tom Waltz (w)

Casey Maloney (a & c)

Marcus Fall is a battle-hardened soldier in a
long-running inter-planetary war. After multiple combat tours, Fall is finally
able to leave the military and return to his beloved wife and son. But his
happy homecoming comes to a tragic end when a suicide bomber murders his
family. Devastated, Fall returns to the war with one bloody mission in mind:
revenge against the enemy… every last one of them.

Littlest Pet Shop #3 (of 5)

Georgia Ball (w)

Nico Peña, Antonio Campo (a)

Peña (c)

Blythe's spotless academic record is in jeopardy when
she's placed on a project with chronic under-achievers Whittany and Brittany
Biskit. Meanwhile, the pets' plan to help her out turns into a desperate search
for Sunil when he's trapped with a ball python! Everyone must find a way to
work together or face dire consequences.

LUST

Steve Niles (w)

Ben Templesmith, Menton3 (a & c)

LUST is a prose book, a comic book, and an art book all
in one. The creative team explores the nature of the virtues and vices,
specifically Chastity and Lust, as well as considers what it is that one may
teach us about the other, concluding this exploration by meeting at the book's
middle.

The VICE Series from 44FLOOD, of which LUST is the first
book, will have seven books focusing on each of the seven vices and their
corresponding virtue, as well as an eighth and final book with vice herself
personified.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #21

Ted Anderson (w)

Agnes Garbowska (a)

Garbowska, Bill Forster (c)

Some of our favorite Ponyville residents, including
Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy, visit Manehattan to see Trixie’s biggest
magic trick yet: making the famous Ostlerheimer Diamond disappear! Only one
thing goes wrong: the diamond disappears for real! All hoofs point to Trixie as
the culprit, but not everything is as it seems in this magical Manehattan
mystery!

This all-new four-issue series finds an old soldier from
a forgotten war in a post-apocalyptic world that has left him behind. He was
one of the last of the legendary Squidder Legions. Can a discarded relic with a
death wish and a rebellious Squid priestess overthrow humanity’s tentacled
alien overlords? Ben Templesmith returns to his roots to finally do the
tentacle/Cthulhu-orientated book he's always promised! The Squidder mixes
action, horror, science fiction, and fantasy elements with a touch of Squidly
destruction.

Star Trek Special: Flesh and Stone

Scott and David Tipton (w)

Sharp Bros. (a & c)

When a Starfleet medical conference is crashed by a
deadly metamorphic virus, Doctors Beverly Crusher, Julian Bashir and Katherine
Pulaski have to race against time...to find a cure. The answers lie in the distant past, deep
within the files of Dr. Leonard McCoy! All of Star Trek's medical officers team
up for the first time ever!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #36

Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w)

Mateus Santolouco (a)

Santolouco, Eastman (c)

Leonardo and Splinter plan for the coming war with
Shredder. As they meditate on what their true path must be, they are engulfed
by darkness. And from that darkness emerges… the Rat King! Will his meddling
with their minds lead to salvation or madness?

The X-Files Classics, Vol. 4

John Rozum, Dwight Jon Zimmerman (w)

Alexander Saviuk (a)

Sam Shearon (c)

Mulder and Scully continue to chase down leads in the
most bizarre and unexplained cases the FBI has ever seen! Collecting issues
#30–41 of the Topps series, Volume 4 features stories such as
"Surrounded," "Crop Duster," "Skybuster,"
"N.D.E.," "Devil's Advocate," and more.